Will the Dragon Ball manga continue to impress?
Jelli and Bekinney continue breaking down Akira Toriyama's worldwide manga and anime phenomenon by breaking down episodes 42 and 43, "The Secret of Dr. Flappe," and "A Trip to the City." We dig further into the Red Ribbon Army, break down some trivia on a few filler episodes, and compare the Muscle Tower manga chapters to the episodes of the anime.
In this episode:
- The battle rages on...and a new fighter emerges!
- We recap the episodes and discuss our favorite moments
- We talk about the inspiration points for Dr. Flappe, as best we can guess them, comparing him to Leon Trotsky, and mildly infamous Soviet scientist Ivanovich Ivanov
- We discuss how the character of Dr. Flappe contradicts statements made later in the show by Dr. Gero about the creation of the androids
- We talk about inter-species hybridization (yes, really)
- We get into a few design elements from the Trip to the City episode, including the Bruce Lee lookalike character, and a re-use of the General White character model
- We discuss whether the show Dragon Ball exists in this universe, and we do a brief detour into The Seven Year Itch
- We talk about the decision to do a wrap-up episode here, vs a few episodes of anime later
- And then we get into comparing the anime to the manga, including the differences between Major Metallitron and Full Metal Jacket, Buyon and The Jiggler, Ninja Murasaki and Sergeant Major Purple, and the destruction or non-destruction of Muscle Tower
- and more, including some general pop culture, trivia, and editorializing, as usual
Join us as we continue to uncover the cultural meanings, publication facts, inspirations and more behind the wildly popular Dragon Ball franchise.
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